Category: Credit
I haven’t plugged a new credit card offering in over a year, as few (if any), have stood out from a pile of mediocrity. But here’s one worth plugging, …
A week after my ‘Gen X and Gen Y state of retirement‘ post, one of the major credit bureaus (Experian) launched an infographic on the ‘state of credit‘ of …
Nothing good can come from a payday loan. According to new research from Pew, the average payday loan borrower must pay back $400 within two weeks, but can only …
I’ve had a number of years of using the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express as my primary card of choice for groceries (by far, the biggest expense …
As you begin your own personal adventures in credit and debt land, you’ll notice an interesting phenomenon: borrowing rates vary quite dramatically from one type of loan to another. …
I’m not a big fan of debt. But there are times in your life when it makes sense to pay off (or avoid) high-interest debt with low-interest debt. For …
If you’ve ever taken out a short-term loan, adjustable mortgage, private student loans, or owed money on a credit card, you’ve been impacted by the “prime rate”. If you …
I thought it might be kind of cool, as a personal finance blogger, to answer the annoyingly effective (or effectively annoying?) ad slogan question, “what’s in your wallet?”. And …
